UK High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron said she is “deeply disappointed and saddened" after the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Tavistock Square in London was vandalised, just days before Gandhi Jayanti celebrations scheduled for October 2. The statue’s plinth was found daubed with disturbing anti-India graffiti, prompting swift condemnation from the High Commission of India in London, which called the incident a “shameful act" and “an assault on the legacy of nonviolence."

“The High Commission of India in London is deeply saddened and strongly condemns the shameful act of vandalism of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Tavistock Square in London," the mission said in a statement.

It added, “This is not just vandalism, but a violent attack on the idea of non-violence, three days before the

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